The war in Europe, its causes and consequences; an authentic narrative of the immediate and remote causes of the war, with a descriptive account of the countries involved, including statistics of armies, navies, aeroplanes, dirigibles, &c., &c . 218 AUSTRIA-HUNGARY 219 ritory had been a Roman possession. And at the fall of the RomanEmpire it was overrun by different peoples, among whom the Hunsand the Avars lived the longest period and from whom the nameHungary is supposed to be derived. The ]Magyars are believed tobe of Turanian blood—that is, descended from the ancient Hungary t
The war in Europe, its causes and consequences; an authentic narrative of the immediate and remote causes of the war, with a descriptive account of the countries involved, including statistics of armies, navies, aeroplanes, dirigibles, &c., &c . 218 AUSTRIA-HUNGARY 219 ritory had been a Roman possession. And at the fall of the RomanEmpire it was overrun by different peoples, among whom the Hunsand the Avars lived the longest period and from whom the nameHungary is supposed to be derived. The ]Magyars are believed tobe of Turanian blood—that is, descended from the ancient Hungary they settled along the borders of the Danube, but wenton marauding exjieditions as far as Greece and Italy. In 985 Geya,their leader, became a Christian and took the name of Stephen. Hisson married a daughter of the House of Bavaria, thus connectingHungary with one of the kingdoms of Europe. The first chartergranting rights to the people was made in the year 1222, and wascalled the Bulla Aurea. In 1848 the dealings of the Austriancourt with Hungary drove the Hungarians to insurrection, led byLouis Kossuth. The insurrection was quelled, and the charter rightswere not restored until 1867, when the crown of Hungary was of-fered to the pres
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